| IN MEMORIAM
WILLIAM CHARLES BELL William Charles Bell, retired professor emeritus
of geology, died on July 3, 1979. He was 67. Professor Bell was born on November 1, 1911, in
Missoula, Montana. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees at
Montana State University in 1934 and 1936, respectively. He was
awarded a PhD from the University of Michigan in 1939. Dr. Bell was an instructor at The University of
Texas at Austin in 1940-41. After serving in the armed forces during
World War II, he taught at the University of Minnesota from 1946
to 1953. He joined the permanent faculty of the University in 1953,
where he taught until his retirement in 1972. Professor Bell's research interests included Cambrian,
Ordovician, and Pennsylvanian stratigraphy. He coauthored Early
Upper Cambrian Faunas of Central Montana (1944). He also published
a number of his research findings in the Journal of Paleontology and
in the Geological Society of America Bulletin. He was a
member of the Paleontological Society and the American Association
of Petroleum Geologists.
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John R. Durbin, Secretary
The General Faculty
Biographical sketch prepared
by Teresa Palomo Acosta and posted on the Faculty Council web
site on May 24, 2001. Additional biographical sources can be
found in the UT Office of Public Affairs.
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